Carbon mitigation payments can make bioenergy crops more appealing for farmers
URBANA, Ill. — Bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass provide several environmental benefits, but low returns and profit risks...
HaoSheng Sun named a Freeman Hrabowski scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – HaoSheng Sun, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Cell, Developmental and...
Tempest in a teacup: UChicago physicists make breakthrough in creating turbulence
Turbulence is all around us. It’s in the swirl of coffee and milk in a latte, unfurling along the wings...
This salty gel could harvest water from desert air
MIT engineers have synthesized a superabsorbent material that can soak up a record amount of moisture from the air, even...
Eating meals earlier improves metabolic health
Eating more of one’s daily calories earlier in the day may counter weight gain, improve blood sugar fluctuations, and reduce...
A new path for quantum physics to control chemical reactions
Controlling chemical reactions to generate new products is one of the biggest challenges in chemistry. Developments in this area impact...
Shaping the future of medicine: Redox Science takes center stage at the International Conference of Redox Medicine Society in Paris
Paris is set to host the highly anticipated 25th International Conference of the Redox Medicine Society, where global leaders and...
Quantum interference of light : an anomalous phenomenon found
In a paper published in Nature Photonics, the research team from the Center for Quantum Information and Communication – Ecole...
Dirtiest snow-year in the Wasatch accelerated snowmelt by 17 days
As the shrinking Great Salt Lake exposes an ever-growing area of its lakebed, wind-blown dust becomes more dangerous for those...
Study reveals a trio of immune cells vital in response to liver cancer immunotherapy
New York, NY (June 15, 2023)—Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered a trio of...
Discovery of white dwarf pulsar sheds light on star evolution
The discovery of a rare type of white dwarf star system provides new understanding into stellar evolution.Credit: Credit Dr Mark...
The Situation of the Uyghurs
The autonomous Uyghur region of Xinjiang (China) is located in the heart of Central Asia and at the crossroads between...
New butterfly species named after Smithsonian’s retired museum specialist
When introducing a new species to science, taxonomists always get to choose its scientific name. And while there are some...
Wearable activity trackers accelerate hospital patient recovery
Fitbits, Garmins or Apple Watches, whatever your preference, wearable activity trackers could help patients recover faster during a hospitalisation, potentially...
Researchers demystify the unusual origin of the Geminids meteor shower
The Geminids meteoroids light up the sky as they race past Earth each winter, producing one of the most intense...
Optimizing military health and performance
Scientists Claire Berryman and Stephen Hennigar joined LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center to build on three decades as the leading...
MIT engineers develop a soft, printable, metal-free electrode
Do an image search for “electronic implants,” and you’ll draw up a wide assortment of devices, from traditional pacemakers and...
The Air Pollution Complex: improved air pollution understanding in China
Air pollution in China is generated from many sources and interacts chemically and physically within the atmosphere in ways that...
Nanomaterials: 3D printing of glass without sintering
Printing of micro- and nanometer-scaled quartz glass structures from pure silicon dioxide opens up many new applications in optics, photonics,...
Holistic management is key to increase carbon sequestration in soils
Increased carbon sequestration in soil to help mitigate climate change can only be achieved by a more holistic management. This...
